WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more

Published 9 June 2026 · tech

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10 a.m. PT at Apple Park, starting a week full of expected announcements around Siri, iOS

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10 a.m. PT at Apple Park, starting a week full of expected announcements around Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more, along with developer events and demos. This year’s event is particularly notable for a couple things. It marks CEO Tim Cook’s last with the company, after announcing he’s handing things off to Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus September 1. And it’s expected to play host to Apple’s attempt to give Siri and its AI efforts overall a big boost after handing some work off to Google and delaying some releases. Did they succeed? Keep tabs on this page, and the rest of our ongoing coverage, to find out! TL;DR — Apple spent WWDC 2026 catching up This is far from our consumer news editor Sarah Perez’s first WWDC, and with all that context in mind, she brought forth the subtext beneath much of what was being showcased. For the past two years, Apple has been racing to catch up in AI while frustrations with its core software quietly added up: a design overhaul users hated, a search function that barely worked, a file-sharing feature that routinely failed, and a Health app that didn’t focus enough on half its user base. Apple didn’t say any of that on Monday. But the structure of its WWDC keynote said it for them, leading with fixes before features, and framing a better Siri as one item on a long list of improvements rather than the main event. Apple reveals Siri AI Image Credits:Apple As expected, Apple made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which it admitted faces greater expectations from users in the age of AI. With Google Gemini under the hood, Apple claims that the new Siri updates will more it more capable, conversational, compatible with visual intelligence, and it will be housed in a standalone app in addition to working across existing apps. You can get a full rundown of all the new Siri AI updates right here. Before rolling out the enhancements and features, Apple was adamant about its privacy-centric approach to AI. “We believe privacy in AI is non-negotiable,” Apple Senior Vice President Craig Federighi said during the stream, going so far as to say that “data is only used to execute your request, and outside experts can continue o verify this promise at any time.” A potential foldable iPhone tease No, Apple didn’t make such a big reveal during WWDC itself, but researcher @M1Astra dug through files within the iOS 27 developer beta and found references to things like “foldState,” “angleDegrees,” and other things that allude to the states a foldable device can be put into.